Health Decisions

Health Decisions creates ‘fixed-price trial’ model to incentivize CRO performance and speed timelines

Monday, June 27, 2011 08:03 AM

Since CROs began conducting trials for drug sponsors, there has been a lot of quibbling about cost. CROs claim to do the work more quickly, efficiently and inexpensively. But many sponsors have had the opposite experience, saying CROs don’t accomplish recruitment goals and keep extending the trial timelines to do so, adding to the sponsor’s costs. Some claim not all of the data is collected properly, taking months to then clean the data, for which sponsors are charged.

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More sites turn to clinical trials portals, dashboards to improve management and communication

Monday, June 13, 2011 07:53 AM

As sponsors and CROs feel the pressure to improve clinical trial efficiency, increase enrollment and maintain a solid bottom line, it’s critical that they avoid information overload while measuring the right performance indicators as data from multiple sources is streamlined.

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Health Decisions receives Safe Harbor certification

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 11:47 AM

Durham, N.C.-based Health Decisions, a CRO in adaptive clinical trials, has received Safe Harbor Certification, effective Feb. 15, 2011.

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BioClinica, Health Decisions Broaden CRO Networks

Thursday, March 18, 2010 07:42 AM

BioClinica added two contract research organizations (CROs)—Health Sciences International and PRL Central Laboratory Services—to its Certified Partner Program, a group established by the CRO to broaden its service offerings. 

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Health Decisions Adds Klixar to Network

Thursday, December 3, 2009 08:20 AM

Durham, N.C.-based Health Decisions, a full-service CRO specializing in high-efficiency adaptive solutions, announced that Argentina-based CRO Klixar has joined its Agile Clinical Network—a newly launched community of research partners formed to eliminate the information gaps and prolonged timelines of complex global studies.

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LabConnect Hires Former Quintiles Exec to be COO

Friday, August 28, 2009 07:32 AM

LabConnect, a provider of central laboratory services to the clinical trial industry, appointed former Quintiles executive Frank Morrow, Ph.D., as its chief operating officer.

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Ecron Acunova Founder Steps Down

Friday, April 24, 2009 08:29 AM

Ecron Acunova, a CRO based out of Germany, India and the United States, appointed Antal Hajos managing director and CEO Europe, replacing ECRON founder and CEO Klaus Wiedey, who will serve as an advisor to the company. In his new role, Hajos will oversee all business, strategic and operational aspects of the European operations. Prior to joining Ecron Acunova last year, Hajos was director of global clinical operations with Altana Pharma and later CEO of Altana/Nycomed’s research and development center and Indian affiliate in Mumbai, India.

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